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67, 2, pg. 87/Spring 2003

The Inner Life of the Spirit A review of The Language of Truth: The Torah Commentary of the Sefat Emet, Rabbi Yehudah Leib Alter of Ger Arthur Green, translator.
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65, 2, pg. 84/Spring 2001

64, 2, pg. 79/Spring 2000

The Art of the Sermon A review of Witness From the Pulpit: Topical Sermons 1933-1980 by Harold I. Saperstein.

66, 1, pg. 83/Fall 2001

Time for a Paradigm Shift in Jewish Thought
A review of Judaism, Physics and God: Searching for Sacred Metaphors in a Post-Einstein World by Rabbi David W. Nelson

70, 1, pg. 120/Fall 2005

62, 1, pg. 80/Spring-Fall 1997

62, 1, pg. 83/Spring-Fall 1997

A Guide for the End of Life A review of Behoref Hayamim/In the Winter of Life: A Values-Based Jewish Guide for Decision Making at the End of Life, edited by David Teutsch and Deborah Waxman

69, 2, pg 76/Spring 2005

To Guard the Earth A review of “Torah of the Earth”: Exploring 4,000 Years of Ecology in Jewish Thought byArthur Waskow, editor.

65, 2, pg. 80/Spring 2001

Friedman, Dayle A

Facing Death and Grieving A review of Samuel A. Heilman’s When a Jew Dies .

350 Years of American Judaism A review of American Judaism: A History, by Jonathan D. Sarna.

Emancipation and Modernity A review of After Emancipation: Jewish Religious Responses to Modernity by David Ellenson

70, 2, pg. 80/Spring 2006

Living Politically in Two Civilizations A review of The Politics and Political Culture of American Jews by Arthur A. Goren

65,1, pg. 60/Fall 2000

Reviving American Families A review of three books by Mary Pipher.

Musings of the Master A review of Communings
of ther Spirit, The Journals of Mordecai M. Kaplan, Volume I, 1913-1914 edited by Mel Scult.

The New Rabbi and the New Rabbinate A review of The New Rabbi: A Congregation
Searches for Its Leader by Stephen Fried.

67, 2, pg. 61/Spring 2003

Seeking a New Way for Jewish Education A review of Visions of Jewish Education, edited by Seymour Fox, Israel Scheffler and Daniel Marom.

68, 2, pg. 87/Spring 2004

Torah As Template for Midrash A review essay of Taking Hold of Torah: Jewish Commitment aand Community in America; The Five Books of Miriam: A Women’s Commentary on the Torah; and Lifecycles, Volume 2: Jewish Women on Biblical Themes in Contemporary Life.

Membership, Identity and Status A review of The Jewish Political Tradition, Volume 2, “Membership,” eidited by Michael Walzer, Menachem Lorberbaum, and Noam J. Zohar; co-editor, Ari Ackerman.

68, 2, pg. 82/Spring 2004

The Politics of Judaism A review of The ewish Political Tradition, Vol. 1, edited by Michael Walzer, Menachem Lorderbaum, and Noam J. Zohar, and co-edited by Yair Lorderbaum.

65,1, pg. 54/Fall 2000

Gateways to Hasidism A review of The Hasidic Parable: An Anthology with Commentary, edited and translate by Aryeh Wineman.

Laboring to Make Judaism Rational A review of Maimonides' Confrontation with Mysticism by Menahem Kellner.

New Studies of Jewish Identity A review of Jewish Baby Boomers: A communal Perspective by Chaim I. Waxman and The Jew Within: Self, Family, and Community in America by Steven M. Cohen and Arnold M. Eisen.

66, 1, pg. 60/Fall 2001

New God or No God? A review of Waiting for God: The Spiritual Explorations of a Reluctant Atheist by Lawrence Bush, and A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology by Mitchell Silver.

71, 2, pg. 101/Spring 2007

Madrikh Larabbanim A review of the Rabbi’s Manual of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.

Healing, Health and Holiness A review of Illness and Healing in the Jewish Tradition; Writings from the Bible Today edited by David L. Freeman, M.D. and Judith Z. Abrams.

The Rise of the Jewish Bible A review of The Jewish Study Bible, edited by Adele Berlin, Marc Zvi Brettler and Michael Fishbane.

Text and Canon A review of The Modern Jewish Canon by Ruth Wisse and Canon and Creativity: Modern Writing and the Authority of Scripture by Robert Alter.

Creating Sacred Spaces A review of Synagogue Architecture in America : Faith, Spirit and Identity by Henry and Daniel Stolzman.

Perspectives on Prayer A review of Major Philosophers of Jewish Prayer in the Twentieth Century by Jack J. Cohen.

67, 2, pg. 82/Spring 2003

From Self to Community A review of Spiritual Community: The Power to Restore Hope, Commitment and Joy by David Teutsch.

Reading Torah Through the Lens of Gender A review of The Women’s Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions, edited by Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, and The Women’s Haftarah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, the 5 Megillot and Special Shabbatot, edited by Rabbi Elyse Goldstein.

Rainbow Hasidism in America – The Maturation of Jewish Renewal A review essay
of Wrapped in a Holy Flame: The teachings and Tales of the Hasidic Masters by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.

68, 2, pg. 34/Spring 2004

Responding to Intermarriage A review of Introducing My Faith and My Community: The Jewish Outreach Guide for the Christian in a
Jewish Interfaith Relationship, by Kerry M. Olitzky and Interfaith Families: Personal Stories of Jewish-Christian Intermarriage, by Jane Kaplan

A Healing Methodology for Here and Now A review of Down-to-Earth Judaism: Food, Money, Sex and the Rest of Life by Arthur Waskow.

Mapping the Spiritual Journey A review of The Journey Home: Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition by Lawrence A. Hoffman.

Writing the Jewish Self A review of Who We
Are: On Being (and Not Being) a Jewish American, edited by Derek Rubin.

71, 1, pg. 70/Fall 2006

Appearance, Aging and Identity A review of Facing the Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture.

64, 1, pg. 74/Fall 1999

Reading the Covenant A review of Covenant of Blood: Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism.

Journeys in Judaism A review of The Way Into...series from Jewish Lights Publishing.

Jews and the Struggle for Civil Rights A review of Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr. And the Jewish Community by Marc Schneier.

65, 1, pg. 66/Fall 2000

Touchstones for Jewish Living A review of Finding Each Other in Judaism: Meditations on the Rites of Passage from Birth to Immortality by Harold M. Schulweis.

Reconstructionist Liturgy: A Window Into an Evolving Ideology A review of From Ideology to Liturgy – Reconstructionist Worship and American Liberal Judaism by Eric Caplan.

Paradigms of Pastoral Presence A review of Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Resources, edited by Dayle A. Friedman.

Play Ball! A review of What is Jewish about America's Favorite Pastime? Essays and Sermons on Jews, Judaism and Baseball, edited by Marc Lee Raphael and Judith Z. Abrams.

Religion, Rights and Social Justice A review of Voices of the Religious Left by Rebecca Alpert.

Transforming the American Synagogue A review of Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation of Jews Can Transform the American Synagogue by Sidney Schwarz

65, 1, pg. 92/Fall 2000

Organizational Leadership as a Covenant A review of Leading with Meaning: Using Covenantal Leadership to Build a Better Organizatio , by Moses Pava .

69, 1, pg. 88/Fall 2004

Women of the Bible A review of The Women
Who Danced by the Sea, by Marsha Mirkin and Praise Her Works by Penina Adelman.

70, 2, pg. 91/Spring 2006

Eternal Questions, Prayerful Responsest A review of Filling Words with Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer,
by Lawrence Kushner and Nehemiah Polen

69, 2, pg 91/Spring 2005